It's getting kind of old, isn't it? President Obama started pushing his health care takeover nearly a year ago. 52 speeches later, he is still pushing it. Sometimes it seems like the President is so shocked by the public's refusal to just shut up and accept his Brilliant Enlightened All-Things-To-All-People Health Care Plan that he is actually incapable of changing the subject.

But there is a twisted logic at work behind the seeming chaos that's taken over the White House. The President does have a plan. His unyielding health care campaign is designed not to win you over but to wear you down, in the hope that at some point you'll just throw your hands up and say, "Fine, do whatever you want, just shut up and leave me alone."

And it's not just you that he's going after! The President, recognizing that many legislators' careers hang in the balance, is attempting to use the looming threat of electoral rejection to persuade Congress to pass his nightmarish bill and be done with it. He ... more

Senator and physician Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) wrote an excellent piece in today's Wall Street Journal emphasizing the dangers of the Democrats' dangerous health care experiment:

I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare cuts in the health-care bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. My colleagues who defend the bill-none of whom have practiced medicine-predictably dismissed my concern as a scare tactic. They are wrong. Every American, not just seniors, should know that the rationing provisions in the Reid bill will not only reduce their quality of life, but their life spans as well. ...

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At 11:30pm on Wednesday night, Sen. Harry Reid released his version of the health care bill. Clocking in at 2,074 pages, the table of contents alone is 14 pages deep.

Reid’s government-run health care experiment costs over a staggering $2.5 trillion after ten years of full implementation – which equates to $1.2 billion per page, $6.8 million per word.

This bill is overwhelming in terms of its size, complexity, impact on our quality of life and our economy. It will raise taxes, cut Medicare benefits for seniors, raise health care costs, and lead to government interference in doctor-patient relationships. Chock full of legal jargon and political loop-holes, even the most steadfast members of Congress will be hard-pressed to comprehend this arduous bill before debate on it begins on Saturday. Adequate time for a responsible, thorough review by all members of Congress is essential before the first vote, because Senators should make sure that this bill will “do no harm” to our health ... more

Watch “Pelosi Plan Exposed: 12 Truths about PelosiCare and Republican Alternatives.” Over the course of 12 hours we will take an in-depth look at the Pelosi health care bill set for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in the coming days. We will also explore common-sense Republican alternatives and explain why they will give the American people the health care reform they need and deserve.

This will be a 12-hour live online telecast beginning at 1pm ET today and can be seen at http://www.gop.com/index.php/12truths/

Topics Will Include:

Health Care & Small Business
Health Care & Taxes
Health Care & Seniors
Health Care & The Economy
Health Care & Your Money
Health Care & The Culture Of Life
Health Care & Low Income Households And Rural America
Health Care & Families And Women
Health Care & Young Americans
Health Care & Patients And Doctors
Health Care & States

If it’s a busy day for the Obama Administration, it’s a busy day for us at the RNC Research Department.

On Recovery.gov, the White House just released the number of “jobs created or saved” as reported by federal contractors: 30,383. That’s less than 6 jobs “created or saved” per federal contractor … which is a far cry from the White House’s claim last month that at least 600,000 jobs “created or saved” by the stimulus. RNC Research was all over it, noting that Obama will be reporting 3 different stimulus job counts in the span of 2 months, estimates that have proven to be completely unreliable, all in an effort to turn Americans away from the reality that America has lost over 2.6 million jobs since Obama’s stimulus passed.

Vice President Joe Biden, otherwise known as Dr. Gaffe, is on the road today, visiting Minnesota to raise money for the DNC. It’ll be costly for any Minnesotan to shake hands with Biden today, with the minimum donation at $7,600 per person or $15,200 per couple. ... more

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by Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX)

When I was a practicing physician, I had patients with the best private health insurance available as well as patients with Medicare and Medicaid. I have seen what works and what doesn’t.

Meaningful reform should make it easier for Americans to shop for health care insurance, just like we shop for car insurance.  Let’s reform the tax code so that it treats small businesses, families and individuals looking for health care insurance the same way it treats big companies.  Let’s remove the barriers for patients with pre-existing conditions, and let’s allow patients to shop across state lines.

Medical liability reform is an important area that is largely ignored by Democrats.  President Obama has proposed “demonstration projects,” but these are not needed, because the President should look no farther than to Texas for what should be the national model for how it is done right.  A few of the impressive accomplishments of Texas’ 2003 reforms ... more

Will Senate Finance Committee Democrats vote today to burden Americans with higher health insurance premiums, taxes and deficits?

This morning’s RNC Research Briefing shows while President Obama has often pledged that his government-run health care experiment “will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government,” the Senate Finance Committee Democrats’ bill does the exact opposite. A new report shows Sen. Max Baucus’s (D-MT) bill would raise health insurance premiums for American families by $4,000 over the next decade because of the $506 billion in health care taxes and fees, as well as the $404 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid shifting costs “to private sector businesses and consumers.”

And don’t believe all the rhetoric that this version of a government-run health care experiment is “deficit-neutral.” Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) hid hundreds of billions of additional costs that would eventually create deficits shouldered on the backs ... more